Entertainment

BlogTV Launches Live Beta

BlogTV has recently launched its beta webcam broadcasting service, which aims to make video blogging a collaborative and interactive pastime.

With BlogTV, you can currently create up to five shows at 125 minutes apiece, and broadcast them live. Your live shows appear in what looks like a chat room, and plays your video at the top of this page and allows viewers to converse during your show. This is an opportunity for you to chat with your viewers for interactive or immediate feedback purposes, whether it be a live interview, or a video conference.

You're also able to choose one viewer to further participate in your live broadcast, whether it be an audience member or your co-host. With this feature, you can see the other user's camera view, and simply choose when you want the live broadcast to show the other camera. You can save live broadcasts and upload pre-recorded clips to share with others as well. These saved shows can be embedded and more readily shared with others. You can also subscribe to other users, set your own schedule for shows you're interested in watching live and add clips to your recommended list.

BlogTV's collaborative abilities revolve more around the chat room than as a pre-programmed effort for multiple users, similar to ooVoo and Skype. This lends to an informal approach that's quite different from Mogulus' service, which offers a rather professional product that can accommodate more than two administrators.

BlogTV's setup is simple enough, but not very intuitive. There's no easy way to see your options for live broadcast collaboration, which may be confusing for users that know the option is possible, but don't know how to utilize it. Otherwise, BlogTV continues to evolve video hosting services that are moving towards a more inclusive and feature-rich offering.

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